OK, OK…enough Village People jokes already! We just got a brand-new Y in town, and part of our Christmas to each other was a family membership there. The lovely and gracious “Mrs. Just Charlie” has had the itch to return to her glory days swimming (still holds records from her high school, qualified for the NCAA nationals her sophomore year in college, but cut short because of mono that year!) So we joined…

The place looks great, it has excellent facilities, and get this…they have what they call the “Coach Approach.” That means as a part of our membership, old dumpy fat guys like me get to have our own trainer/coach…

No man does it all by himself.
I said, young old dumpy fat man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
I’m sure they can help you today.

…who helps us clarify our fitness goals and then get busy on a program to help meet those goals. Cool, huh?

My fitness goals? Here’s exactly what I told the guy…

I’m 45, and I want to be 21!

Wonder if they have a miracle routine?

BTW, check out this picture. See the smaller body of water in the right foreground? That’s the whirlpool! I think my 45-to-21 program starts right there!